Our Vision

Our Core Beliefs and Most Important Values

Our Mission

Help build the human resource base of Bangladesh and beyond towards its transition to a middle income country by 2021 and prevent inter-generational poverty so that the children of today do not inherit the poverty of their parents.

Our Objectives

Each and every child in every community in the region including all girls, disadvantaged and excluded children, enrols, stays and enjoys learning, acquires developmentally appropriate learning tools, skills, abilities and knowledge, and graduates to secondary school.

To operate a significant number of schools of excellence, both primary and secondary, across the country and influence the quality of teaching learning inside classrooms of mainstream schools towards improving learner outcome in Bangladesh and beyond.

Board members

Mr. Muyeed Chowdhury

Chairman, GSS EC

GSS Bangladesh

Dr. Kazi Quamruzzaman

(President, Dhaka Community Hospital), Vice-Chair

GSS Bangladesh

Ms. Salma Khan

(formerly International Chair, CEDAW), Member

GSS Bangladesh

Ms. Tahera Yasmin Haque

(formerly Country and Regional Director, OXFAM), Member

GSS Bangladesh

Ms. Rubana Haq

(Managing Director, Muhammadi Group), Member

GSS Bangladesh

Mr. Abu Kaiser FCA

Member

GSS Bangladesh

F R Mahmood Hasan Ph.D

Founder and Member

GSS Bangladesh

The EC is elected by a 20 member General Body every three years.

Former Chairmen:

Prof. Rehman Sobhan

Late Justice K. M. Subhan

Late Prof. Zillur Rahman Siddiqui

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Human Resource

At the present level, some 2500 staff including over 2100 teachers, (89% women with HSC and trained), about 150 supervisory staff and 16 trainers are engaged.

Schools

700 full primary schools mostly in the rural areas each with 3-6 spacious, well-lit rooms, with tube-wells, toilets and a playground built on community donated land.

Training capacity

3 custom built Regional Training Centres (RTC) respectively in Khulna, Mymensingh and Saidpur. Each of these RTCs has capacity to provide residential training to up to 60 participants in two batches (30 x 2= 60) simultaneously; and each is supported by a cluster of
6-10 Training Schools to provide school based hands-on experience to the trainees.

Strong Property Base

Prime Land in the capital city centre : GSS also owns 1 acre of prime property in Tejgaon, in the heart of the capital city of Dhaka. One study (Parthenon) suggested when developed, this could generate sufficient revenue to make two-thirds of the GSS schools sustainable.

Property in major District towns and Cluster Offices at Upazila level: GSS owns 6 prime properties in 6 major district towns, 12 custom built Cluster offices and land owned in 17 major upazilas. The proceeds from the district level lands, when developed, could contribute meaningfully towards sustainability of the schools in the regions.

Over 200 acres of school land: The 700 schools are built on GSS owned property initially donated by the community.

14 acres of land for development of Income generating Activities: In addition, GSS owns some 14 acres of commercially valuable and industrial plots